Brothers was selected by then-Mayor John A. McNally for the commission in November 2015.

Mayor Jamael Tito Brown said he wants to first sit down with Paolo DeMaria, state superintendent, to discuss the future of the commission before deciding who would replace Brothers as his appointee.

“I want someone who has a great understanding of the Youngstown City School District” to succeed Brothers, Brown said. “But she’s just resigned, so it’s too early to talk of an appointment.”

When asked if Brown, a former Youngstown school board member, would name himself to the commission, he said: “I can’t say I’ve thought of appointing myself.”

Brothers said in her resignation letter she is “saddened that the best efforts of the committee to serve the community through selecting a public educator ... has not drawn the support of some of the leaders of the teachers and community necessary for a successful outcome.”

House Bill 70, commonly referred to as the Youngstown Plan, which was signed into law by Gov. John Kasich in July 2015, enabled the state-appointed academic distress commission to hire a CEO to lead the district.